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We shoot only high end weddings. We tell potential clients our packages STARTS at $5,000 and can go up from there to $50,000 and beyond.
We always shoot images that we would want to put on our...
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I use a Canon Powershot G11 for quickie shots. Why carry a huge digital camera when the G11 will do?
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When I bought our current location, I decided to incorporate an in-house accounting department to handle all the payroll, receivables, payables, etc. At the end of they year, our CFO crunches out...
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I worked in Hollywood in the 1980s and early 1990s. Today production is not like it was in the 70s or 80s. For example, I used to take my mini-cam out on spot news like fires, major wrecks or other...
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I started doing video in the late 1990s when the Canon XL1's hit the market. I used that to do surfing videos of professional surfers or extreme sports.
Today we use professional mini-cams for...
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Me? I never posted Doom and Gloom threads. Are you speaking about the original poster?
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Penguin, I know what you mean. The guys and gals I hired are veteran sports photographers who I met shooting sporting events. My mentors taught me to know who the players are (the ones looking out...
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Hula Mike, we are in O'ahu! right now I have six photographers based there (Kailua, Halawa, Mililani, Hawaii-Kai, Lani-Kai and Haleiwa). I will keep you in mind. We cover the USC/UofH games. Coach...
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You must amortize your photo gear over time NOT all at once. I amortize equipment over a 5-7 year period. If you do not, expect an audit from the IRS.
For example, this past year I replaced a...
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In 2007 I started a Photo Group after seeing a lot of my colleagues go bust when the photographic industry tanked. This concept is similar to yours except, I gathered about 15-20 professional...
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I have shot sports images for over 30 years. It is my bread and butter and I am lucky to be making a fantastic salary doing what I do. But I diversified in the early 2000s to supplement my core...
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I would charge them your cost plus not more than $300 for your time. You cannot expect to charge professional fees because you are not truly a professional photographer. This is probably why they...
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For NFL games, I travel with 4 bodies, four Canon Speedlites (for media events), EF400/2.8L II IS lenses, EF16-35L and a RF100-400L IS lenses. For NBA games, I travel with the same gear except I...
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For the last ten years I have been shipping my photo gear to locations when I travel by plane. Typically, I ship my gear a day or so before my flight leaves to arrive at the hotel I will be staying...
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I add the fee in our pricing. I switch processors when they raise their prices per transaction. I also give a nice discount for those who pay by Debit Card as the transaction fee is lower than...
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Sears is not my competition. It's the wanna-bes who see my images and they try to copy my style then go to my clients and tell them they can do the job cheaper. I have a few clients I was giving...
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All of our clients received a folder that includes the wedding photography contract with timelines in it. I tell the Brides not to lose it because some of the dates in it are important. So far none...
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We restore water damaged and wrinkled photos. For an average water damaged image it takes about 2 hours of work to make that image decent looking. I have had no complaints on hourly fees . . . yet!
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I know my clients tastes so I have about 10-15 albums always in stock. This took about 2-5 years to realize our most popular selling albums. Then we would buy the inserts in bulk (100+) at a time...
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Our base wedding package cost $5,000. That's one photographer and one assistant. Of that, maybe $3,500 is pure profit.
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